Nayan Mongia still remembers that evening in early 1991 when Dattajirao Gaekwad called him and asked why he had not turned up for Baroda’s practice sessions for the past five days. Like most of Gaekwad’s wards, Mongia, too, found it hard to come to terms with the fact that ‘sir’ would no longer be available for a chat on cricket. …
Created and co-directed by Atul Mongia, Netflix India’s latest original series Mai stars Sakshi Tanwar as Sheel, a mother who sets out to track down the culprits after her daughter is killed under mysterious circumstances. Atul, when you were writing the show and creating this character, at which point did you think ‘it has to be Sakshi Tanwar’? Sakshi, what …
Former India international Dinesh Mongia has been appointed the head coach of Arunachal Pradesh ahead of the upcoming domestic season. These young players are slightly lagging behind, so with my experience and knowledge, I will help these guys improve their game and hopefully, in a year or two, I can give you some good results,” Mongia said. A classy batsman, …
Rishabh Pant will feel a weight off his shoulders after Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s international retirement but the immensely talented KL Rahul is the likely first choice in white-ball cricket for the foreseeable future, feel three former India wicket-keepers. “On form, KL will be my frst choice and after that you can look at Rishabh and give him chances,” Mongia, one …
